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YouTube pares back Logan Paul partnership after suicide video post

YouTube said Wednesday it is removing popular American vlogger Logan Paul from its Google Preferred platform and putting future projects with him on hold, after Paul posted a video on the platform of a suicide victim in Japan. Paul also had projects in the works with YouTube’s premium subscription service, YouTube Red, and appeared on the platform’s web series Foursome.
Representatives for Paul did not immediately return requests from Reuters for comment. “In light of recent events, we have decided to remove Logan Paul’s channels from Google Preferred. ‘Huge mistake’
Paul apologized in a YouTube video titled “So Sorry” last week for posting the video that showed him and his friends laughing about the body they filmed hanging on a tree in Japan’s “suicide forest.”

Paul said he had made a “huge mistake” and was ashamed of himself, and he deleted the video after it caused a social media backlash. While Logan Paul faces backlash over dead man video, his army of fans will continue to grow